Description: Insurance companies are substantially transforming their finance operating model. This is mainly trigged by the prevailing changes in the insurance regulatory landscape that are leaning towards principle-based reporting and valuation, which is leading to a significant increase in the effort needed for regulatory and management reporting.

Description: "In the video Advanced Actuarial Hedging, Andres (Andy) Montes—a seasoned actuary with nearly 40 years of experience—discusses sophisticated techniques for managing risk through derivatives. Building on foundational hedging principles, this PD Edge+ video emphasizes the selection and evaluation of derivative strategies, particularly options, to support chosen hedge strategies. Key topics include intrinsic option value, premium cost reduction techniques, and trade-offs across various strategies such as protective puts, collars, vertical spreads, and calendar spreads. The session also introduces a dynamic hedge evaluation framework, encouraging actuaries to balance hedge effectiveness with product pricing competitiveness. Designed for actuaries seeking deeper insight into risk mitigation, this video provides tools to optimize portfolio protection in complex market environments. Contributors: Andres Montes, ASA, MAAA; Fiona Fan, FSA, MAAA; Emilia Bruera, FSA; Jon Forster, ASA, MAAA"

Description: Please join us for an engaging webcast that will explore investment risk management objectives within an asset/liability framework, with a focus on interest rate and liquidity risk. The discussion will highlight traditional approaches like duration and cash flow matching, as well as introduce the potential for more advanced techniques using moments and linear programming to optimize hedging portfolios. The session will examine the impact of these strategies on portfolio construction and risk/return optimization, comparing and contrasting typical practices in pension and insurance portfolios.

Description: Are you ready to lead with discipline, accountability, and resilience? Join us for the engaging book club discussion on “Extreme Leadership: How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win” by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, and transform how you lead in your day-to-day work! You will: Learn battlefield tested leadership principles and how to apply them in business Engage in dynamic discussion on accountability, decision-making, and team work Network with fellow actuaries who are passionate about leadership and growth

Description: Heavy calculations are needed for life insurance financial reporting and ALM modeling requirements. Actuaries need to work with IT to weigh in on various approaches like optimized grid-computing set up vs. modeling approximation to deliver the required reserve calculation results on time at a reasonable cost. This webcast will explore the cost benefits of some of the techniques, which helps actuaries in their discussion with their IT counterpart.

Description: In this 90-minute webinar, presenters will address 10 career myths (or things people tell you that are not true), and how these relate to actuarial work.

Description: Short Form Professional Development Videos - Mortality Study  Recording

Description: HIV and Medicare: A Survey of the HIV Medicare Population

Description: Plan Sponsor Perspective

Description: Patients with chronic conditions such as musculoskeletal pain, diabetes, and hypertension impact 50% of the US healthcare population, consume more than 85% of healthcare costs, and often require a higher volume of care, expensive imaging, testing, and emergency procedures, and long-term high-cost drugs. Managing these conditions through innovative digital health interventions provides a significant opportunity for higher-touch and more-effective management that will result in lower costs.